Ragged Point Inn & Resort on California's Big Sur coast

CaptionRagged Point Inn & Resort

Rosemary McClure / For the Times

The 17-acre Ragged Point Inn & Resort sits at the south end of the Big Sur coast, about an hour's drive from San Luis Obispo. Founded in the late 1950s by Wiley and Mildred Ramey, the inn began as a two-room motel on a lonely stretch of highway.

The 17-acre Ragged Point Inn & Resort sits at the south end of the Big Sur coast, about an hour's drive from San Luis Obispo. Founded in the late 1950s by Wiley and Mildred Ramey, the inn began as a two-room motel on a lonely stretch of highway. (Rosemary McClure / For the Times)